Chavez meddling in US politics

22.11.05 | If you
think Hugo Chavez’s regional meddling is confined to Bolivia, you’re in
for a surprise. Chavez not only meddles in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador,
Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua and any other country he can find an
opportunity in, he also is actively meddling in U.S. politics.

Not only
is it through his phony Citgo subsidy program, a pork-barrel scheme
targetted at the underclass here to buy pro-Chavez votes in Congress,
he’s also seeking influence through leftwing groups who have
now-re-Christened themselves ‘Bolivarian Circles.’ It’s something we
should be concerned about because it’s the exact same thing he’s doing
to win influence in places like Bolivia. Miami Herald has a good
descriptive piece here
but you can see more – much more – about the extent of Chavez’s
penetration of leftwing domestic groups here on sites like Indymedia or Latin America Solidarity Coalition. They aren’t hiding a thing.